Sunday, November 20, 2016

Perhaps a Ponder

We find ourselves in an increasingly disintegrating
government due, in large measure, to the seeming absence of the Fourth
Estate.That, in turn, is due to the
media now being in the effectively complete control of corporate interests.If you have not noticed that ABC news, for
example, cannot go a full broadcast without referencing a Disney product then
you just are not paying attention.If
you think the spin put on nearly ever story by Fox News comes days or even
weeks after an events airing by other networks then you are not paying
attention.It takes them awhile to think
up creative lies that can be disseminated by the misrepresentations they
promote.If you have not noticed that
many events have no coverage at all then you are not paying attention.It can be cited that minimal attention was
paid to the TPP, Keystone XL pipeline, DAPL protests or, unless it suited an
anti-protest line due to this bias.You
may never have heard the phrase, “Net Neutrality” for the same set of reasons.

The press is slowly being denied access to the stories by
Trump’s minions even before he takes office.There is twitter storm every time Trump does not LIKE something.It is a counter offensive that knocks the
press out of reporting actual news. We
are dependent upon having a real and concerned press.Trump has said that he wants to collar the
press.His minions (Steve Bannon comes
to mind) are all for a dark out of the media.They have already moved to silence the press and protest.Freedom of speech encompasses both ideas in
the First Amendment to the Constitution.The press is essential to a democracy.There is no easy way to turn back from the criminal direction the Trump
election is pushing us.Let us be truly
clear here.Trump himself is just part
of the symptom.He is not even the head
of the snake.He has only a monetary
worth of 10% or less of the Koch brothers (if he has any worth at all).Ponder that for a moment.Trump said after Mitt Romney was defeated
that Romney (purported net worth of around $200 million) just did not have the juice to win… in part because he did not have
the net worth of Trump.Trump then
started to dig in for a run at the Presidency.The real damage has been created by the octopus that is the Koch network
of creative lying but even THAT is not the head of the snake.We have a corporate domination that wants all
the rules to disappear.

Ponder some more and you will eventually come to see that
real freedom is in as much danger as it has ever been.